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Do you know of Hornsby ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hornsby. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Hornsby.<1>

Our sources for Hornsby (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Hornsby other than they indicate that Hornsby would be found somewhere in Travis County, Texas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1856 and closed  in 1901.

Communities Also Named Hornsby ...

We found two communities that share the name Hornsby.

Within Texas, the name Hornsby is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Macoupin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Hornsby [Macoupin County].
    • Tennessee
      • Hardeman County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Hornsby [Hardeman County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hornsby ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hornsby:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Hornsby - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Travis County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Travis County.

AllandaleKouns
  
Balcones VillageLakeland Hills
Butter KrustLakeland Park
  
CapitolMansfield Dam
CharlesMerrilltown
CurrieMilby
 Mud
Duval 
 North Austin
East AustinNorth Oaks
 Northeast
FiskvilleNorthwest
Fromme 
 Perdenales
Gilleland Creek 
GreggSaint Elmo
 Saunders
Hancock'sSneed
Heritage HillsSouth Austin
Hickmuntown 
HooperTravis Peak
  
KimbroWatters
KitchenvilleWest Austin

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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